Coin of Faustina II from Caesarea Maritima
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Title
Coin of Faustina II from Caesarea Maritima
Description
A bronze coin (161-175 CE) depicting a draped bust of Faustina the younger on the obverse, and showing a male figure in a tang on the reverse.
Publisher
Image authors: Trustees of the British Museum, museum no. 1908,0110.1554
Date
Format
Bronze
Language
Numismatics Item Type Metadata
Metal
Bronze
Weight (g)
9.66g
Diameter (mm)
23mm
Province
Syria Palaestina
Era Used
161 – 175 CE
Obverse Type
Draped bust of Faustina the younger
Reverse Type
Male figure standing, wearing a toga and holding a patter over a thymiaterium and cornucopia
Obverse Legends
FAUSTINA AVGVSTA
Reverse Legends
COL PRIMA FL AVG CAESAREA
Name 1
Role 1
Selected Bibliography
Roman Provincial Coinage Online V. 4, no. 6321
Citation
“Coin of Faustina II from Caesarea Maritima,” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed April 26, 2024, https://www.wireproject.org/items/show/725.